arrestingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Rolling Stone hailed "Lux" as "a truly timeless work of art", while music magazine NME called it "arrestingly beautiful".
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
Given what Mica Levi does so arrestingly, that may not be necessary.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023
These multiplatinum albums are epically unkempt, for better and worse — it doesn’t get much blowzier, and it doesn’t get much more rollicking, or arrestingly melodramatic.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022
To arrestingly depict creation in the wake of that, let alone sustain all the tension, uncertainty and wonder that comes with that effort, requires skilled restraint.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2021
Katz was arrestingly larger than when I had last seen him.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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